Updated 6/15/20

An Athens man is in jail after a live pipe bomb was found in a ditch on Huntsville-Brownsferry Road and another explosive device was found at his home.
Rex Daniel Carter, 33, was charged on Thursday with possession of a destructive device. He was booked in the Limestone County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
The sheriff’s office says investigators received information on Thursday that a possible explosive device was lying in a ditch on Huntsville-Brownsferry Road.
The department responded along with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Hazardous Device Team.and found a live pipe bomb in the ditch.
When officers searched Carter’s home investigators found another improvised explosive device with materials used for making these devices.
The sheriff’s office says federal charges may be pending.